Aleksandr Gerasimov

Aleksandr Gerasimov (1881–1963) was a Russian painter and artist.

Also recorded as Aleksandr Mikhailovich Gerasimov; Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich Gerasimov; A. Gerasimov; Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Gerasimov; Aleksandr Mikhailovič Gerasimov; Alexander Michailovich Gerasimov.

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Overview

Born at Michurinsk in 1881, died at Moscow in 1963.

In detail

Aleksandr Gerasimov studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. the recorded working language is Russian.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait, landscape and still life. The authority associates the name with socialist realism.

Employment is recorded with USSR Academy of Arts. Membership is recorded of Artists' Union of the USSR and USSR Academy of Arts.

Work by Aleksandr Gerasimov is recorded in the collections of Tate, Tretyakov Gallery, Art Museum of Estonia and Gerasimov House, Michurinsk.

Distinctions recorded are Order of Lenin, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", People's Painter of the USSR and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

Sources

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    Wikidata, structured authority record Q965352: Aleksandr Gerasimov

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